St Symeon Orthodox Church Food & Culture Fair

The 7th Annual St. Symeon Food & Culture Fair will be October 18 from 9-3 at St. Symeon Orthodox Church. Guests are invited to shop for baked goods and gifts, enjoy hot lunch foods, tour the church, hear the choir, learn about church art and architecture, and more! The worship space at St. Symeon is entirely covered in floor-to-ceiling iconographic murals, and guests can tour the church throughout the event. There will be three programs inside the church this year: a new-for-2025 talk about church architecture at 10:15 a.m.; the always highly anticipated choir concert at 11 a.m.; and the popular annual “What is Iconography?” talk at 1 p.m.

The outdoor marketplace tent this year features six booths: the Middle Eastern Market; the Balkan Bakery; Babushka’s Kitchen; Southern Sweets & Savories; Cafe Europa; and, new this year, Moana Munchies, featuring Polynesian foods. The booths will have baked goods and other food items as well as art and other gifts. Guests will not want to miss the Opa! Kabana loukoumades tent, where church members will be serving up made-to-order Greek honey puffs (a/k/a Hot Greek Donuts).

As always, homemade pierogi will be available hot in the lunch line, as will the large sausage rolls — hoagie rolls stuffed full of sausage and kraut. Frozen homemade pierogi are also available by the dozen. The bookstore and gift shop will be open inside the church’s fellowship hall as well. All are invited to visit St. Symeon for this fun event! Click here to learn more.